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History of Architecture 4: Prelims Flashcards

1
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What did the people people use to cross to the Philippines ______ years ago?

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Rafts/boats, 60000

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What happened during the 4000 BC?

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Austronesian and jade culture in the Philippines

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When did the neolithic period start in the Philippines?

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1000BC

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Types of indigenous groups in the Philippines

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Tribal groups, warrior groups and plutocracy

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What happened in 300-700 AD

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Trade with Indian kingdoms in the east asia

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What did India bring to the Philippines?

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Kingdoms

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Oldest inscription in the Philippines? discovered in 900 AD

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Laguna copper plate; debt

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The empire that did skirmishes in the Philippines

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Majapahit Empire

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1365 (manila)

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Independence in the battle of Manila

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Established the sultanate of Sulu and Maguindanao

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Makhdum karim

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killed in Mactan by Lapu-Lapu

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Ferdinand Magellan

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What happened in 1543

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Philippines, from King Philip II

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13
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Established the first European settlements in Cebu

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Miguel Lopez de Legaspi

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What war happened in 1578

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Christian-Muslim war

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15
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The oldest modern university in Asia

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University of Santo Tomas

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1898

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USA Colonization

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1942

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Japanese invasion

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1945

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USA independence

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19
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Refuge from rain; rizal

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Cave

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20
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Built by the Batanes-ivatan settlers

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Mountaintop citadels

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temporary shelter in the Philippines

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Lean-too

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It is constructed in mature trees; areas of violent tribal conflict

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Tree house

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23
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Caused waterborne lifestyle in houses

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Raised wooden structure

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Common roof in the Philippines

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Thatched pitch roof

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(southeast asian roots)

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decorative gable finials

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A general type of house; Wooden posts as framework; bamboo and thatch

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Bahay Kubo

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A traditional house in the Philippines granary and home with circular rat guards

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Ifugao

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28
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A traditional house in the Philippines
with stout log posts resetting on round stones

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Marano-turpgan

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A traditional house in the Philippines Raised using slender posts or stilts

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Badjaou houses

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Built to withstand storms and earthquakes

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Batanes dwellings:

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31
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in the 18th century, the Ivatan established houses known as ______ using stone and mortar (introduced by spanish rule)

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cal-e canto

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32
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Designed to shield cold weather and terrain

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Mountain province (highland houses)

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33
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houses which focused on Light and ventilation

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Lowland

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34
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Oldest Mosque n the Philippines

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Tawi-tawi, pagoda

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Mosque style in Tawi-tawi

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multi layered roof

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Located in quiapo: gilded dome, modern mosque; Has Maranao Okir patterns

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Golden mosque

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37
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samar, tausug, yakan, badjao;( Sulu)

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Naval architecture (coastal)

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Architectural characteristics which descended in Austronesian lineage

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Land-based stilted dwellings: along the shoreline

Oceanic stilt dwellings: Detached from the shoreline

House boat

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39
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Home and fishing boat

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House boat

40
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Dry season

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March to June

41
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July to October;

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wet season

42
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Basis of philippine house characteristics

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temperature and weather condition.

43
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Immigrants of Malay origin were?

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food gatherers and hunters

44
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teh date when the Philippines was joined by advance agricultural race from Indonesia

45
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Early Philippine tribal system

46
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Philippines was converted to islam in?

47
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Philippines is also known as?

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Trade center of the orient

48
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Common materials used in the Philippines

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Bamboo, Nipa, cogon grass, rattan, guijo tree, yakal tree

49
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Architectural character of Philipine houses

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  • Tropical Architecture
  • Open and transparent
  • Light
50
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Location: Mountain Area of Cordillera

House within a house shelter for rice,
chickens, pigs and people

A

BONTOC (Fayu)

51
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Plan of BONTOC (Fayu)

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square in plan and is designed to
facilitate various activities

52
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Fayu has a?

A

Granary (falig)

Has a fireplace located at the rear left
corner

53
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Ground floor of Fayu

A

(cha-la-noii)

54
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This house’s Rear wall is made of stone and mud;

Four corner posts and the side walls are
built as supports to the roof

55
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Location: Mountains of Cordillera

Built on rice terraces near a spring or
grove entry faces down slope

A

Ifugao (fale)

56
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Characteristics of Ifugao Houses

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enclosed structure which is square in plan

Contains a single room having an area of 4x5M

fireplace is located at the far right hand corner of the
house

Floor is about 1.50 to 2,00 above the ground made
of wooden planks resting on solid floor joists which
overhang the floor

roof is pyramidal

57
Q

Decorative elements of Ifugao houses

A

carabao’s skulls and pig’s jaws

58
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figure form placed on top of the
roof is used as a protection against evil spirits
and lightning and as a sign of asking a favour
from the god Kabunyan

59
Q

These symbolic items rather than the size of his
house are used as induations of the Ifugao’s
wealth.

A

Ifugao (fale)

60
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are used as
indication of status and keeping peace with the
gods

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Ifugao (fale)

61
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Location: Mountain of Apayao and the Northern end of
Cordillera

  • Home of the Isneg boat people; pyramidal or hipped roof;
    annex on one or both ends; removable sidings for special
    occasion
A

Isneg (Apayao)

62
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Sineg (apayao) house characteristics

  1. lowest level;located at the center of
    the room
  2. immediate level: occupy three sides of the
    floor proper (the lowest level)
  3. highest level: located on the remaining side of
    the house is an extension
  4. six of these support the data g and
    two support the tarakip
  5. six of these support the roof
  6. a single post supporting the
    ridgepole
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  1. datag or xassaran,\
  2. ramuyon,
  3. tarakip,
  4. Sinit posts
  5. Adixi posts
  6. Atobrobo
63
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There are no fixed window openings since wall
construction system allow occupants to remove
few wailboards in case air is needed for the
interior.

64
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Location: Slope of cliffs and villages built along the sides and tops of rocky hills of Batanes
Island

65
Q

The walls, made of lime and stone, is sometimes embeddcd with wooden reinforcements
in order to resist the effect of a strong earthquake. The reinforcements run from the hase
up to the roof frame.

66
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two houses of ivatan

A

rakuh (big house) and kusina (Kitchen

67
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Ivatan - consists of the living room and sleeping
quarters

68
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Ivatan- consists of cooking place

69
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Location: Steep mountain slope of the Cordillera

rectangular or octagonal form

70
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Its wall are facing the direction with the strongest winds

71
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Kalinga house characteristics\

  1. octagonal shaped house is called
  2. ____ is located underneath the roof which is also used
    as granary
  3. total of ____ posts used as supports to the
    binayon house
  4. flooring of the elevated portions of the house is made
    of ____ resting on floor joists
A
  1. binayon or finatyon
  2. Attic
  3. 12
  4. removable reed mats
72
Q

Location: Mountainside or hillside of Mindoro

73
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Mangyan house plan

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Rectangular

74
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Mangyan house characteristics

  1. passageway At the central part of the house leading from the main door
  2. The house has no?
  3. The walls are made of the
  4. covered by a ____ with ____
    thatching
A
  1. Palaganan
  2. Partitions
  3. bark of trees
  4. Gabled roof, cogon grass
75
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There are no windows. Openings are provided through the space between the flooring and
the underneath surface of the wall.

76
Q

Location: Coastal and Near-Coastal plains and valleys of Central Palawan

77
Q

Characteristics of Tagbanua house
1. usually made of ___
2. Each level corresponds to ___ such as entrance, cooking or hearth,
dining, sleeping and various levels for storage
3. The highest level usually contains ___ for pillows and blankets
4. Since there are various floor levels ___ are unnecessary
5. The entire house do not have ___

A
  1. Eight levels
  2. certain function
  3. storage space
  4. partitions
  5. windows
78
Q

Location: Mindanao and Sulu
Region

  • Ladder serve as wash area
  • Mirror symbolize the
    number of children
  • Considered houseboats
79
Q

Location: Lowland of Agusan, Bukidnon, Davao,
Misamis Oriental, Cotabato

80
Q

Characteristics of Manobo houses:

  1. Flooring is made of ___ of the
    mahogany tree or split bamboo
  2. No ___ at all in the Manobo house
    because the Manobos stay outdoors most of the
    time
  3. The main house is covered with ____
    grass gabled roof shaped like an inverted V
  4. The roof for the ____ is considerably lower than
    that of the main roof and is placed at right angles
    to the main house
  5. The only entrance to the house is located at the
    ____ .
  6. The ladder is made of ____ cut with notches to serve as its steps.
A
  1. withered bark
  2. decorations
  3. sun-dried cogon
  4. kitchen
  5. kitchen area
  6. the trunk of the
    tree
81
Q

Location: Hills, along the river, road or lakeshore of Mindanao
* An ancestral house for the datu and his family

A

Maranao Torogan

82
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Characteristics of the Maranao House

  1. found at the Kitchen, made of plaited bamboo
    used for smoking fish and meat.
  2. found underneath the
    Kitchen
  3. rooms not exposed to visitors; used as
    hiding place for the datu’s daughter
  4. a tower atop the brogan where the princess and
    her ladies in waiting hide during occasions
  5. datu’s ceremonial bed
A
  1. Tapaan
  2. Kodal or the carabao corral
  3. Gibon or Paga
  4. Lamin
  5. Panggao
83
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Structural Characteristics of the Maranao House

  1. The torogan house is constructed by first putting up
    the center post called ____
  2. followed by four
    corner posts called ____.
  3. ____ are made from bunga wood and are
    placed on top of large stones for protection against
    the devastating effect of earthquakes
  4. floor beams are supported by _____thick posts
  5. end beams are called ____
  6. and are ornately
    carved with _____
  7. or ____ motifs
  8. Walls are made of ____ panels
  9. carved with
    ornate ____ designs
A
  1. rapuwilih
  2. lukud
  3. Flouse posts
  4. 25
  5. panolong
  6. piako (fern-like)
    7.naga (dragon-like)
  7. Gisuk wooden
  8. okir
84
Q

Location: Coastal waters of Jolo

Plan: consisting of one or more small rooms and
a kitchen are built partially above the
ground and water on wooden post

85
Q

Characteristics of Samal houses

  1. Stilts are usually made of bamboo poles
    while walls are made of wooden boards or
    ____
  2. Roof thatching is held securely by placing
    flattened bamboo spaced ____.
A
  1. sawali
  2. far apart over it
86
Q

Location: Coastal water of Tapul, Siasi, Basilan, Malaysian, Borneo, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga
del Sur, Cotabato

87
Q

Characteristics of Tausug houses

  1. their native name for traditional Tausug house
  2. an open extended platform used as a family area
  3. The kitchen, whose flooring is a ____ than that of the main house, is a separate
    area linked to the main house by a bridge made of bamboo or wooden planks
  4. sleeping area
  5. It is a wood carving in the form of the manuk manuk bird showing a stylized head and neck of a rooster or a stylized design
    of a naga dragon.
  6. Wooden floor beams or ____
A
  1. Bay-smug
  2. Panran
  3. foot lower
  4. Bilik
  5. tajuk pusung.
  6. hanglad
88
Q

Location: Hilltops and mountaintops in the Lake Sebu area in Cotabato

89
Q

Characteristics of a T’Boli house

  1. it is the central space used as sleeping area for overnight guests. and 8” lower than the areas alongside it.
  2. it is the side area, usually 6’-O” wide, used as working and conversational space.
  3. this is located opposite the Iowa and the blaba. This is regarded as the area of
    honor because here the head of the house entertains guests and performs rites under a
    curtained canopy.0
  4. located on both sides of the desyung and sometimes elevated at a height of 3’-O”
    over the iowa, this is the sleeping quarters for the wives and children of the headman.
A
  1. Lowa
  2. BIaba
  3. Desyung
  4. Dofil
90
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Characteristics of a T’Boli house

  1. this is the entrance to the house
    • this is the hearth made of beaten-earth floor.
      It has a shelf where pots and pans, baskets and
      other utensils are kept.
  3. this is an area used for the kohu and stair
    landing.
  4. located at the rearmost part of the house,
    it is the utility area.
  5. a detached structure located some few feet
    away from the house which functions as a toilet
  6. Walls are made of ____ or woven bamboo
    strips
A
  1. Bakdol
  2. Kohu
  3. Dol
  4. Fato Hu
  5. Kotel
  6. sawali
91
Q

Location: Mountainous interior of Basilan

92
Q

Characteristics of a Yakan house

  1. ____in plan
  2. does not have ____
  3. bamboo poles attached to one another
    by ____
  4. Doors are oriented towards the
    ____ for prosperity while few and
  5. ____ are provided
    because of the belief that bad
    spirits cannot pass through the
    small openings quite easily.
A
  1. rectangular
  2. partitions
  3. rattan lashings
  4. east
  5. small windows
93
Q

An indigenous house used relatively all
over the Philippines before the Spaniards.

94
Q

Traditionally made of Bamboo tied
together covered with thatched roof of
Anahaw Leaves or ____

95
Q

Originally, the bahay kubo is a ____
dwelling structure

96
Q

Characteristics of a Nipa hut

  1. is the area reserved for entertaining guests
  2. is a private room used for sleeping
  3. ¡s the kitchen or cooking area
  4. is the space found underneath the house used as a
    storage space for the farming and fishing implements and
    also for the animals kept
  5. is a table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-
    shaped stove or kalan.
  6. this was later called ban gguera or banggerahan
    and is used as a place for drying and storing pots
  7. this is the unroofed area where water jars (used for
    drinking, washing and bathing) are kept.
A
  1. Bulgan
  2. Silid
  3. Paglutuan or gilir
  4. Silong
  5. Dapogan
  6. Ban gahan
  7. Batakui

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